Documented lies told by Democrats

In a recent letter to the editor, Dave Potter tried to label Republicans as liars using the typical liberal tactic of making vague accusations without providing any real specifics.

Well, let me reply with specifics (words in quotation marks are as reported in the press):

President Barack Obama and Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said, "If you like your plan you can keep it" and "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." Even the New York Times and Washington Post said these were lies.

Democrat Sen. Harry Reid said, regarding ads about people whose health-care policies were canceled because of Obamacare, "there's plenty of horror stories being told. All are untrue." Even the Washington Post's FactChecker gave Reid Pinocchios for that one saying, "Reid's rhetoric went too far." Exactly one month later, Reid said that he never said that the ads were untrue. See above lie.

Then there's Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi who (regarding Obamacare) said, "Everybody will have lower rates." A year later she said, "I don't remember saying that everybody in the country would have a lower premium."

How about Democrats Carol Shea-Porter, Ann Kuster and Shaheen saying that Obamacare would reduce the annual cost of health insurance. Anyone who read any of the Obamacare bill knew that was a lie.

President Obama said, "There is not even a smidgen of corruption" in the IRS. Is that right? First, we have the issue of IRS employees getting bonuses even though they have not paid their taxes. Then we have Lois Lerner. If there is "not even a smidgen of corruption," why did she take the Fifth? Now we are slowly beginning to see the e-mail trail that leads from the IRS in Cincinnati to the White House.

I could go on and on, but I think you get the point.

I'm not saying that Republicans don't occasionally stretch the truth, but it appears that Dave is practicing the liberals' tactic that if you tell a lie about Republicans often enough, people will start to believe it as true.